Category: Science

These are our top camera, binocular and telescope recommendations for April’s stargazing events, including the Lyrid meteor shower and two bright comets.

Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park hosts sand-dune fields that fill up with lagoons every wet season, but the reserve also has mangrove swamps where species such

We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool

Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made

Fossil jaw remains found in Egypt suggest that the earliest modern apes evolved in North Africa, not in East Africa where most fossils have been

Instagram and YouTube intentionally designed social media platforms to hook users, a landmark court case found. A pediatrician explains the ruling’s impact.

Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia’s Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light on how small and isolated their

Astronomers have detected small, ruby-like crystals embedded in Martian rocks, which may also hide sapphires created in the fury of meteorite impacts.

Data from NASA’s InSight mission suggests the Red Planet’s Tharsis region is more active than previously thought and may be why Mars is spinning more

In a sperm whale birth recorded in more intimate detail than ever before, local whales huddled around the mother and lifted the calf to the

At cold temperatures, water has two different liquid phases, which become one at the critical point. The discovery could help explain water’s quirks.

NASA’s IXPE observed the outer rim of the supernova remnant highlighted in purple in the inset. Data from IXPE is combined with data from NASA’s

The ancestor of apes was long thought to come from East Africa, but newly discovered fossils in Egypt may prompt a rethink.